[WiX-users] Refering a wix preprocessor variable through another preprocessor variable

Hi ppl, How to refer a wix preprocessor variable through another preprocessor variable? For eg: I need to refer variables NameA,NameB,NameC from NameList one by one Thanks, G.Subbiah -- Live Security V

[WiX-users] Scheduling Install and Uninstall Custom Actions

I want to schedule my custom actions in following manner: 1) Install: CA will run *only after* the installer copies all files to the respective directories. 2) Uninstall: custom action has completed successfully and then installer removes the files from the system. How should I write my custom act

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: How change path to Payload in ExePackage element during runtime.

Never mind, I figured it out. LaunchAction.Layout rules. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-How-change-path-to-Payload-in-ExePackage-element-during-runtime-tp7557033p7578689.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabb

[WiX-users] Prompting for user input (SQL Server instance/database)?

My server software uses SQL Server 2008 Express. It expects SQL Server 2008 Express already installed and running. Using a registry key containing the SQL Server name my server software connects to the SQL Server. For example "PRODSERVER\SQLEXPRESS". What is the absolutely simplest/fastest way o

Re: [WiX-users] String manipulation

Hi Neil, thanks for explanation. That was my first try to use IniFile tag to write the required settings. I got an error, which told me to use a Directory/@Id oder DirectorySearch/@Id for IniFile/@Directory, but the problem was not the id or the property but the case that I used Directory='[DI

Re: [WiX-users] String manipulation

According to the docs IniFile/@Directory "or any other property representing a full path." So you should be able to simply set a property in your custom action. Neil -Original Message- From: Michael Scheepers [mailto:mscheep...@tool-links.de] Sent: 05 June 2012 08:23 To: General discus

Re: [WiX-users] String manipulation

I try to explain. I want to change a third party ini file, which is located some where on the users machine and I like to use IniFile. The Directory attribute of the IniFile element must not be only a path as plain text string, but it requires the Id of a Directory element specified by a Directo

Re: [WiX-users] Burn: How to suppress Payload Verification after reboot

Ok. Could you tell me which process of verificating the cached payloads is faster? Comparing hash or comparing signature? -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Rob Mensching [mailto:r...@robmensching.com] Gesendet: Montag, 4. Juni 2012 23:05 An: General discussion for Windows Installer XML too